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dark line found in some other species and showing the dark 

 brown (black) of the integument. A few brown submedian 

 bristles near the caudad portion, and some white scales and a 

 bunch of bristles, some white and a few brown, occur at the 

 wing joint. The scutellum is brown, with a median bunch of 

 the golden curved scales near the base of the midlobe, other- 

 wise it is covered with the larger white curved scales ; the 

 marginal bristles are missing. The metanotum is a soft brown, 

 pruinose ; the pleura also a soft brown, irregular in color, 

 rather completely covered with white flat longish scales and 

 bunches of white bristles. 



Abdomen dark ; first segment covered with white scales and 

 white bristles, the other segments have narrow basal and 

 apical bands, a well developed white median stripe, and white 

 lateral spots, developed into a lateral stripe, so that the dark 

 scales appear as dark submedian spots, growing narrower on 

 the more distal segments but still small distinct spots even on 

 the ultimate segment. The venter is mostly white scaled, but 

 some dark median scales, better developed as median spots, 

 occur on the more terminal segments. 



Legs : coxae and trochanters testaceous, heavily covered with 

 white scales and bristles, the latter appearing white or brown 

 according to the direction of the light ; femora all light, cov- 

 ered with black and white scales, rather evenly distributed on 

 the forelegs, the white more predominant on the mid and hind 

 legs, ventrally white, almost or quite to the apex, the fore 

 leg with an unusually large number of bristles, especially near 

 the apex, small white knee spot ; tibise all speckled, perhaps a 

 little lighter than the femora, a white line nearly the whole 

 length of the joint, more marked on the hind legs, very nar- 

 row basal and apical white bands ; first tarsal on the fore legs 

 are dark dorsally, narrow basal and apical white bands, and 

 ventrally light, mid legs have the first tarsal darker than the 

 tibiae, with a few light scales, and basal and apical light bands ; 

 on the hind legs the first tarsal is speckled, has a dark bend 

 near the apex, and basal and apical light bands. The second 

 tarsal joints on the fore and mid legs are dark with basal and 



